Snell hook and fly case



June 4, 1929. J PORTER 1,715,567

I SNELL HOOK AND FLY CASE Filed Jan. 22, 1927 I 13 RE wwwwww is 16 l, 24, 1: 1 Edward A. For tej; F16: 9.

'p Flgz 8 Patented June 4,

- EDWARD A. ronrnn, or :BRATTLEB RQ,vnnlvronn,

ffsNnLL-HooK AND FLYcAsn' -l Application filed January 22,1927. se ia1n $.,1e2,7es.-

, The. invention relates to appliances for containing and'ordering: anglers hook and artificial baitdevices, particularly snells and flies; lV-hile I am. aware of resilientlextensible means for stretching snells. in'a case,it

. is axpurposeof myinvention to present a substantial appliance of this order adapted to serve its uses without material deterioration and which is practical enough to permit economical manufacture' and sale within a price to meet popularfdemand. .It is .aipurposes.to ,p1=esent such acase which will embody means to I accommodate with proper support snells of-all the varying graduations of length .found in the commerciallproducts yet obviating the use of an excessive number of supports while affording accommodations for a very large number of the articles to be carried. a c

' It is a'special purpose to present an extensible support of novel function especially contributing to enabling the mounting of a larger number of snellsor flies. In addition improvements in manufacturing details.

' of the structure are embodied contributing to lowering of cost for labor and material. Additional objects, advantages and features of invention reside in the construction, arrangementgandcombination of parts inv as will be understood fronrthe following de- 7 scription and accompanying. (.lI'ElAVlIlgS; in which Figure 1 is an elevation of the'central metal leaf plate of the ease.

I on the line 33 of Figure 1.

plete-case, open. 1 H I Figure 5 isa cross section of the'c'ase, -closed.' a i 1 "I. m F'gure 6 is a fragmentary vertical section oftheslide mounting; a v

Figure 'I is an enlarged fragmentary sec I tion of one of the stationary mounting. hooks. 1 f I .Figure 8-is a plan of v the blank for oneo f;

th'e slides.;;, I

formed- I I '1 There is illustrated a complete metal case 10,.consistingof dished sheetjmetal covers 1.1 of similar form, and an intervening oblong rectangular leaf or mounting plate 12,'the

, weight of the article. 'Adja'centjthe bottom the-plate toiform suitable; supports roam. t gaging .hooksas willbedescribed. Thelugs;

' are inclined-upwardly at their basesjand recurved downwardly at their extremities.

pressed against the lower side of the ug.

volved in the embodiment of the invention the. series arranged at a greater'inelination;

Z Figure 2 .isan edge view of th'e said leaf so that thejsuccesslve var ations n pos tions 1 v Figure'3 is across section of the leaf plate,

Figure'9 1s atop of one the g e a enlargementcentrally aperturedp. The cenf.

14.- The end and' outer longitudinal'edges ofxthe covers-meet outwardly of-the plate 0' 12 to forma complete and snug closurein accordance withv any approved practicej Theplate 12 is provided fwithstifiening ribs 15 asrequired and its edgesmay-be. plainrin order to minimize thickness and I edge two series of stationary tongues or-..lugs

16 are formed on the plate in the formjof v tongues punched from the body of the plate except at their bases and turned out from Each lug'is of a length 'suflici'ent to accom modate a' number of hooksfsay six or. morev if need be- -such hooks having theirlbi hts The lug is also transverselycurved so as-jto," present a rounded-face downwardly; In the lower series l7 of lugs'there are inthe pres ent instance six lugs, while in the upper series 18 there are. five, in staggered relation to those. inthe lower series. Both series are inclined, so that from right to left each sue cessive lug 'in aseries is located higher on the plate 12. At a; muchfhigher location (on the plate th'ere. is"r"ormed aflthird, series 19 ofsuch lugs identieally formed, but-projected on the opposite sideeof the plate, and

of the lugs longitudinallyv of 13116131356631? much greater. a a A djacentthe top end ofgthe. plate there are six pairs of longitudinal parallel slots 20, 5.

the 'Inaterial between.eachjpair being cut or I f movement bya .helical-; springj 25' seatedl at- I the lowerends of the slots'20. Each slideisformed from-an oblong blank ofjsheet metal (see Fig, 8) havingahslight Inediall 5 tongues 28 extending fromoppositesides,

of the cylinder at its upper end, The

tonguesare inclined downwardly a short dis-- tanceand thenrecurved upwardly, and are transversely curved downwardly toward theirlateral edges.- They are of a substantial width in relation to the loops of the 11 leads of s'nells so as'to'form the latter when engaged on the tongues to facilitate their attachment to lines when put into. use;

In practice the slots are made about oone inch; in, length, and the springs are customarilynand preferably of brass or other non-corrosive metal capable of anexpansive pressure of a few ounces.- The slots 20 arev of awidth to freely accommodate the springs and the barrels of the slides, and the guide' "a1'ms23-are of a" width to engage loosely in the barrels, so that the latter maybe tiltedslightly. The slides are put in place as indicated in Figure 6, by: bending the arm 23 "out from the plate 12 and presenting the slide'on the lower 'end' cube arm followed by'the spring, which is then compressedso as to clear the nib 22 while the armis bent back into place; afterwhich the spring is I re1eased= One tongue 28 projects at each side of the plate l2,and by the loose mount ing of" the barrel' on the arm 23, the tongues of each slide 'may be rockedslightly so that one may be depressed without material lowering of the other, especially at th t ends. V

In use,'to place a lot of shells on. the de vice the lower e'nd of the case while open is set-with one endonthe knee or other support with the face of' the plate 12 directly to wardthe useras'nearly as may be,- the upper .end of the case being steadied by the left hand. Vith the right hand a snell is picked up: and the IoopengagedoVer any one of the tongues ofthe slides presented toward V, the user, and the hook thereon swungclose to the lug 16 directly therebelow; The'bight; of the hookshould strike the extremity of;

theilug 16', If-the' lead is'too longthe the hook over the d f the lug; vThe hooks may be"s wung to right'or left from} the lug mostnearly 'therebelow and engaged with the next or'further ones, but with practice it will not "be. found-necessary to swing it further than the next one to right or left;

'length does not provided for;v l

which limitation is preferable [to most con- Removal 7 of; 1 the 'snellsc is the reverse ofthe mounting, thereof except] that accommodation "for" have to be consideredaon EDWARD A; PORTER.

venientuse of the invention.

Flies 30 maybe mounted aim opposite manipulation in: accordance the manner of mounting the "shells, or lugs 16 may be differently arranged at this sideof side of the' plate 12 from the snells after i the device to accommodate additionalsnells' in accordance with thepreceding disclosure, or otherwise. The case may be provided with pads or fabric 31 to be moistened to maintain the leads in good condition for 1 practice. 7

It is an advantage of rny constructlonthat when it is desired toremoveadevice from:

with approved one side of the plate 12--which is" engaged with a slide which alsohas engaged therewith devices mounted onthe other 'side of vthe plate, such removal may be accomplished without disturbing the latte1a devices en gaged with the opposite side of theslide. When alead is pulleddown on one sideo-f 'a slide'having leadsengagedalso with the opposite V side,v the, slide" will rock on its: mounting slightlyipermitting depression of thetongue 2 8 engaged by the pulled lead sufficiently to allow clearance of the hook of such lead from its lug j16, The slidethus performs a double function" in relation to the en gag'edlsnells or flies, a moderateindependence of use bGIIIgZlIlVOlVQdJII the tongues28; I claim: I

1. Anadjustable mounting for: asnellor, i the like comprising a base plate having pair allelf slots,'the material between the slots comprising a guide and'being severed to re ceive aslidefand -spring, aslide on the V guideand a spring surrounding the guide and 'SuppOIting the slide, said slidefhaving projections to receive snell parts or'theflike,

and fixed snell supports on the plate spaced to receive one end of a'snell, when the other is engaged with said slide.

2, An improved resilientsupport comprise ing a'base plate havingparallel slots,--thematerial between the slots comprising guide; and beingseveredfto form atongueQ like portion,- a support member slidable Yon said gu de, and'a hellcal sprlng, encircling:

the guide confined between the sli'dablesup port member and-oppositeendsof-the slots.

3. "The structure ofclaim 15in which said material between the slots is -severe'd intermediatelv of itslength to form a' spring re r I I E taining nib at the lower'part. a a 4. The structure ofclaim 1-in whichithe slide comprises a barrel looselyslidaib'le and slightly rockable onthe guideyhavingipro jectionsat opposite sides and adapted to be; i

held yieldingly against snell devices or the like 'engaged with opposite. sides thereof,

pressed.

whereby one sidef or the other may'be'jde In testimony whereof aflig l myf 

